Mastery

A pair of Grade I races for 2-year-olds highlight the 2018 Winter meet at Los Alamitos. The eight-day season will begin Thursday, Dec. 6 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 16. Racing will be conducted on a Thursday-Sunday basis. Post time will be 1 p.m. on weekdays and 12:30 p.m. on weekends. The $300,000 Starlet for […]

The Hancock family’s Claiborne Farm, home of international super-sire War Front, announced 2019 stud fees for its roster to stand at the Paris, Ky.-based farm for the upcoming breeding season. Among 12 stallions currently standing at Claiborne, War Front will remain at $250,000 next year. The leading sire by percentage of lifetime graded stakes winners, […]

Drumette, the dam of four-time Grade 1 winner and leading champion three-year-old filly candidate Monomoy Girl, will be offered at this year’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale by Gainesway, agent. The 10-year-old mare will be one of the first mares offered in foal to Mastery, the undefeated G1 winning son of Candy Ride. A half-sister to graded […]

Our spotlight on new sires for 2018 shifts this week to a stallion whose promising, undefeated racing career was cut far too short by injury. With four victories from four starts, including three graded stakes wins along the Road to the Kentucky Derby, it could be argued Mastery would’ve been the favorite on the first […]

Bob Baffert eyes his seventh San Felipe victory Saturday, his second in a row and his third in the last four years when he sends out unbeaten favorite McKinzie in the major steppingstone to the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 7. The Hall of Fame trainer won the San Felipe last year with […]

The breeding market is increasingly segmented between the “in-demand” set of stallions who will be covering large books of select mares during the 2018 breeding season and the “rest.” The breakover point in stallion pricing between those heavily in demand is approximately $15,000, and the stallion prospects for 2018 who are priced at $20,000 and […]

Stud fees for Claiborne Farm’s 2018 stallion roster have been released. Among the twelve stallions currently standing at the Hancock family’s historic farm in Paris, KY, is international super sire War Front, who will remain at $250,000 next year. War Front’s G1-winning progeny this year includes Roly Poly, War Flag, Avenge, American Patriot and 2-year-old […]

Grade 1 winner Mastery will stand his first season at Claiborne in 2018 for a fee of $25,000 LFSN, the Paris, Ky., farm announced Oct. 12th. Th​is ​​talented son of Candy Ride (ARG) was a perfect 4-for-4 during his racing career. His flawless juvenile campaign included decisive victories in both the Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity […]

Undefeated Grade 1 winner Mastery made his much anticipated arrival at Claiborne Farm June 12. He has officially been retired from racing and will begin stud duty at the stallion farm in 2018, according to representative Bernie Sams. The three-year-old son of Candy Ride (ARG) was a perfect 4-for-4 in his racing career, including dominant […]